I got on Reddit today because I was bored, boo, I have no idea why I ever visit that site.I know there are people dunking in the comments, but this thread being entertained whatsoever is mind boggling to me. Would my life with schizophrenia get better under Communism? Sure. But "solving neurodivergence" is some of the most absurd shit I've heard from leftists in a while
I hate to break it to you, but people are going to want you to be on time for the Socialist Revolution. They'll want you to be on time after it, too. I highly doubt after the fall of capitalism that the next form of production won't contain a bunch of pedantic neurotypical dweebs who want to "hit the deadlines". When you want to meet people for socialist lunch, and you're 10 min late, there will be people who are annoyed by that. I highly doubt it's going to be much better under socialism. The system we live under doesn't manifest time blindness and to deny that it exists outside the context of the conditions we live under is not, in my opinion, a materialist perspective. If I can sit at a task that my brain fixates on, and not realize how much time it took me to do the task, or not be able to estimate now much time it takes to do a given task, that's going to be true, no matter how things are arranged. This entire framing that what I experience every day, is somehow not real and instead only a manifestation of the social relations of capital is frankly insulting. I'm not saying you're saying that, I'm just saying people in that thread are saying that.
I had the very same reaction when reading Capitalist Realism.
Fisher is making the argument that ADHD is an abnormal manifestation of late capitalism, that being bombarded by the "entertainment-control circuits of hypermediated consumer culture," you will develop ADHD. In 2010 a London team found direct evidence that ADHD is a genetic disorder. This book was published in 2009. The people in that thread are essentially making the same arguments as Fisher. "There is no 'genetic' component to ADHD/Autism" is bullshit idealist nonsense.
At the intersection of the topology of my brain and the way society is structured lays friction. This is true under capitalism, and it will be true under socialism, especially if idealist brain worms like the ones in that thread make their way into the fabric of the new social order.
Maybe Raul Castro would think I was one of those slackers "pilfering on the side."
Your post is well thought out and I don't have a well thought out responce to it.
In comunist China they tradionally have work days with shorter work periods and bigger breaks. That would help with Symptom managment. Further it would cut out alot of overhead. At least 30% of my job is make work stuff to make paperwork people happy someplace. Without banks and insurance companies working for investors to maximize profit a good deal of that would go away. So my work would be even easier and more intresting. Further 10 minutes late to comunist style 2 hour lunch is much less a deal than it is for a 30 min capitalist lunch. So despite not changing my neuroanatomy my situation would be less maladaptive. So while I would have ADHD no matter what it would just be ADH as it is not D for for the society
We generally agree, so don't stress needing to "respond" to my "points" comrade. It's all good! I'm not really trying to change your mind, just expressing my perspective. Don't get me wrong, my perspective includes life being better under socialism, I just also accept that the typical/divergent relationship and social interaction won't immediately improve.